Historical information
Memorial plaque or death penny, medals and photograph of Private Percy Albert TIPPETT 483 who served with the 6th Battalion AIF and was wounded on the 25/4/15 during the initial landing at Gallipoli and died on 28/4/1915.
Significance
Percy, aged 19, was one of the first young men from Wangaratta to enlist in the First AIF, Service No. 483. He was posted to the 6th Infantry Battalion on 19th October 1914 and sailed from Melbourne on HMAT Hororata. On 25th April 1915, Percy was in the initial landings at Gallipoli when he was seriously wounded. He was retrieved and taken to a transport ship for medical attention but unfortunately did not respond to treatment and died from his wounds on 28th April 1915.
The Tippet family has a long and direct association with the land where the memory of Percy is commemorated and now known as 'Percy Tippet Reserve`.
Physical description
Timber frame with photograph of solider, four medals with ribbons and death penny
Inscriptions & markings
Medals include: The Victory Medal, The British War Medal, The Memorial Plaque and the 1914/15 Star
Subjects
References
- Reserve honors WW1 war hero 19 year old Percy Tippett from Wangaratta was involved and fatally wounded on the initial landing day at Gallipoli and died three days later.
